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And That’s The Way It Was

Posted in Culture, News, People, Personal, history on Jul 18th, 2009

Last night, I came home to find out that veteran newsman Walter Cronkite had died at the age of 92.   Chosen several times over as “the most trusted man in America” in viewer opinion polls, Cronkite’s long and distinguished career extending from before World War II into the 21st century. Morley Safer, a longtime “60 [...]

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Drive-Through Windows

Posted in Culture, Humor, Life, Rambling on May 30th, 2009

Nowadays, many types of businesses have drive-through services,  There are the ubiquitous fast-food drive-throughs, with some even having double drive-through lanes on both sides of the building.  I’ve seen drive-throughs for banks, pharmacies, various bill-paying venues (water, electric, etc), dry cleaning, and so on. I’ve even read about drive-through funeral homes!  Call me old fashioned, [...]

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